Bed construction



April 26, 1938. u, LOBB BED CONSTRUCTION Filed July 10 ATTORNEY any Patented Apr. 26, 1938 were STATS BED CONSTRUCTION Una Lobb, Grafton, Ontario, Canada Application July 10, 1936, SerialNo. 89,867 In Canada November 22, 1935 2 Claims.

The invention relates to a bed construction, as described in the present specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawing which forms a part of the same.

The invention consists essentially of the novel features of construction pointed out broadly and specifically in the claims for novelty following a description in detail of an acceptable form of the invention.

The objects of the invention are to alleviate the discomforts, of bed-ridden patients through the provision of a pan for excretion purposes within the bed which may be'in constant readiness for use without disturbing the patient or the disarrangemerit of the bed itself; to devise a bed for home or hospital use which will contain the necessary acquisition for handling patients suffering from strokes, fractures, or other ailments which permanently or temporarily incapacitate them from taking care of themselves and enabling a nurse ease required and minimizing bed-sores and,

eliminating unsanitary conditions and thereby materially assist in the recovery of the patient; to construct a bed that may be quickly converted from an ordinary bed to a hospital bed and consequently increase its usefulness especially when used in private homes; and generally to provide to patients and others a bed that will be durable in construction, of great comfort and eflicient for its many purposes.

In the drawing: 7 Figure 1 is a perspective view of the bed structure.

Figure 2 is a cross sectional View of the bed structure taken on the lines 2-42 in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a cross sectional view of the bed structure taken on the lines 3--3 in Figure 1,

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary view partly in section showing one of the casters and the Figure 8 is a fragmentary side view of theexcretion receptacle as shown in Figure 7.

Figure 9 is an enlarged detail of the locking member for thestand.

Figure 10 is a fragmentary sectional View of the 5 mattress showing the orifice therethrough.

Figure 11 is an enlarged detail showing the method of supporting the hinged end of the stand.

Like numerals of reference indicate correspondl0 ing parts in the various figures. ,1 V Referring to the drawing, the bed structure consists of the head frame 15 and'the foot frame lfi joined together by the angle bars I? and Ill and mounted on the casters is, each of the latter 15 having a member 26 adapted to fit'in the tubular legs 2! ofthe frames and in this way, the bed structure may be raised or lowered from the floor through adjusting the height of the caster member within the legs, the means for adjusting may of course be varied according to the requirements, but as herein'shown, the caster member is provided with a plurality of apertures through which a pin 22 may be inserted and extend through the leg 2i. 25

This is agreat convenience when it is required to insert anything beneath the bed, such as in operations when it is desired not to move the patient, by simply raising the bed structure, the operatingtable may be slid beneath the spring 30 and mattress, and of course the adjustments ma be used for other purposes.

The bedspring 23 may be formed in any convenient manner according to the requirements, but is provided with an aperture adapted to cor- 35 respond with an aperture in the mattress 2 4, the mattress 2 being preferably of the rubber type although it is of course, understood that other forms of mattress could be used.

The'aperture or orifice 25 in the mattress is preferably oblong in shape, and is lined with a rubber sheet 26, the walls of the orifice being preferably on a slant as indicated by the numeral 21, the purpose for which will be hereinafter vmore particularlydescribed.

The stand 28 for supporting the excretion receptacle 29 or the cushion plug 30 as the case may be, is formed of a plurality of horizontal members 3i, and these members may be in the form of bars but are so constructed as to provide a cen- 50 tral recess forming the seat 32 on which the receptacle 29 or the cushion plug 30 is inserted, the recess being strengthened by the cross pieces One end of the horizontal members of the stand there is no danger whatsoever of the plug jam- 28 terminates in the hooks 34 which are adapted to rest on the top of the angle bar I8 flush there- 'withand curve down over the side thereof, the

angle bars being suitably indented to a radius 35. In order to prevent, the hooked ends 34 from slipping out of position, from within the indentations, suitable stops'36 are provided atthe sides of the hooked portions 34. V The horizontal members 3| and the vertical members 31 are connected together by means of collapsible braces 39, these braces being formed with two pivoted sections, one of the sections having a stop 4i? for holding the sections in their operative position. The socket member 38 forms the foot member for the stand and is adjustably mounted to the vertical members 31.

It will be seen that whenit is desired to use the pan, all that is necessary is to break the joints of the collapsible braces 39 and then'press the ming in the orifice. 7

It is of course understood that changes in structure withregards to the stand'may be made without departing from the essential features of combining the cushion plug and the excretion receptacle.

Incidentally, the receptacleand the cushion plug are prevented from slipping out of position owing to the particular formation of the seat in I the stand, although in certain cases it may be required to have a receptacle frame and a cushion frame, but in most cases this is not necessary.

In order to insure that the patient will not roll off the bed, as well as to insure that the linen thereon will be kept in place, bed rails'such as 42 are provided and each of the bed rails is formed of a sheet rail 44 and the guard rail 45 and are connected together by the links 46 and the guard rails are connected to the angle bars I! and H? by means ofthe locks 43;,and these links 43 and 46 are for the purpose of collapsing the bed rails when not in use, so that in their collapsed form they will come into alignment with the angle bars and are practically out of sight.

The foot frame 16 is provided with the tubular transverse cross brace 41 having an opening, and

. is adapted to contain the removable tubular foot rail 49 and thetubular upright 48 when not in use, the tubular members being of varying diameters and adapted to fit one into the other for storage purposes. The tubular upright 48 is: held in position by means of the foot rail 49 .and the cross brace 41, the upright 48 passing through a through-passage in thefoot rail 49 and having 7 its end extending into the foot brace 41. The

through-passage 50 through which the foot rail 49 is inserted and entered into the orifice in the opposite bed post, has the cover plate 500: which is suitably hinged to the bed post 2| and this cover plate is adapted to not only prevent the foot rail from working out of position when assembled, but produces a more finished appearance to the foot of the bed when the removable members are removed.

The upright 48 is for the purposeof providing comfort to'patientsnot desiring the sheets, etc. to rest on their feet as in the case of fractures, the

sheet can be placed over the upright. With this arises where it is found necessary to make it a patients bed, the parts could be quickly and easily brought into use and thereby materially increase the services of sucha bed,

What I claim is: V

1. In a bed structure, a head frame and a foot frame, angle bars connecting the frames together, a spring and a mattress mounted on said angle bars and having an excretion orifice, astandformed of horizontal and vertical members pivoted together at one end and, the former being pivotally supported at their other ends on one of said angle bars, a socket member forming the foot rest for the stand and adjustably mounted on the vertical members, and collapsible braces connected between the vertical and horizontal members for holding said members at a rightangle, a seat formed in said stand in alignment with the orifice and the mattress, said seat adapted to .receive selectively a pan adapted to be positioned beneath said orifice or a plug of mattress material adapted to fill said orifice.

2. In a bed structure, a head frame and a foot frame, anglebars connecting the frames together, a spring and a mattress mounted on said angle bars and having an excretion orifice, a stand formed of horizontal and vertical memberspivoted together at one end, said horizontal members being depressed centrally to form an oblong seat and reinforced by cross pieces and pivotally supported at their outer ends on one of said angle bars, a socket member forming the foot rest for the stand and adjustably mounted on the vertical members, and collapsible braces connected between the vertical and horizontal members for holding said members at a right angle, a seat formed in said stand in alignment with the orifice and the mattress, said seat adapted to receive selectively a pan'adapt'ed to be positioned beneath said orifice or a plug of mattress material adapte to fill said orifice. 7

- UNA LOBB. 

